GARDEN CITY–Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. announced today that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to the Magic’s H.O.P.E. Animal Assisted Therapies & Learning program in Garden City.
The awarded grant will be used to help fund the construction of a covered outdoor learning area. Magic’s H.O.P.E. provides reading assistance and other behavioral services to struggling learners, both children and adults, through therapy with horses and canines, says Sara Brown, board chairperson and instructor at Magic’s H.O.P.E. Brown says a covered learning area will help the program serve many clients in need by preventing delays and cancellations due to weather.
The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from non-profit organizations on December 1, 2012. Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each contributed $10,000 this year to the fund. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted.
Non-profit groups interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund can apply online at https://www.weci.net/sharing-success-program. Questions should be referred to Alli Conine, Manager of Member Services & Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.
